water resourcesagricultureindustryminingcitiesThis article sets contemporary challenges to good water governance in South Africa within an important historical context. While it is correct to say that the world water crisis is a crisis of governance, it is problematic to assume that all states can ...
Biomonitoring is used to determine the ecological state of water resources through the use of various biotic indices. The initiation of the River Health Programme (RHP) in South Africa has given sufficient momentum to biomonitoring of rivers in South Africa. The RHP has developed and refined ...
Defining hydropolitics : the politics of water in South Africa As the ability of governments to supply adequate amounts of safe water to communities diminishes, so does the potential for political conflict and instability increase. The political management of our planet's scarce resources, especiall...
23 (Xinhua) -- The State Council announced the appointment and removal of several officials on Friday. Shan Zhongde was appointed vice minister of industry and information technology; Li Liangsheng was appointed vice minister of water resources; Zhang Zheng was appointed vice minister of culture ...
Inland waters provide water resources, fishery resources and energy. They also play an important role in global climate change as well as biodiversity conservation. In recent decades, the eutrophication of inland waters has become a global environmental issue. Some lakes overly enriched with minerals ...
Why I want to be a South African geographer: A response to Hammett's (2012) 'W(h)ither South African human geography?' It is an exciting time to be a geographer in South Africa. As an American who has spent most of the last 10 years as a student, researcher, lecturer, and ...
reasons to boss us around for our own good, decided that dishwashers use too much water and energy… Responding to the Biden administration…, a slew of states sued the Energy Department… This dispute reached the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, which, in its Jan. 8 ruling,...
Fresh water deficit has been an increasingly critical global environmental issue, and seawater desalination is considered as the most effective and promising solution, which promotes the development of different desalination technologies. In order to provide a comprehensive knowledge about the development of...
Global freshwater resources have faced critical water security challenges during the 21st century in the world's river basins. Shortages of water have impaired economic development by disrupting regimes of river flows, ecosystem functioning and food security. Excessive surface and groundwater withdrawals ...
East-west-trending Mesozoic magnetic anomalies M2 through M22 have been identified in the northern Mozambique Basin. These anomalies are best matched by sea floor created at 50°S trending N120°E and spreading at a rate of around 1.5 cm/yr. The northward increase in age inferred from the ide...